Fresh Openings at RCL Foods

Job Description

This role requires a proactive professional who demonstrates attention to detail and can deliver within the relevant reporting timelines. As the successful job holder, you will be Primarily responsible for corporate treasury functions of the business including monthly and annual financial/statutory reporting, quarterly forecasting reporting, cash flow and loan management, transactional treasury, bi-weekly cash forecasting and working capital functions, and managing and maintaining banking facilities and relationships with the Banks. In addition, you will be entrusted with consolidating the quarterly forecast reports for the Group and assisting with the annual statutory reporting.

The role will be based at our National Office in Westville and report to the Group Finance Executive.

Minimum Requirements    

Qualifications

• CA (SA) with 3-5 years post articles experience

Skills and Experience

• Highly numerate and able to analyse statistical information and interpret financial data to produce reports and graphs
• Experience in technical financial accounting reporting, cash flow, and working capital management
• SAP ERP experience preferable
• Ability to analyse large amounts of data

Duties & Responsibilities    

Treasury:

• Daily cash and liquidity management, including monitoring of available cash facilities against projections of short-term Group borrowing requirements, finance cost optimization, review of daily Group consolidation cash requests, calculation of cash movement, and communication of requirements to holding company and Banks
• Preparation of daily cash dashboard graphs and data and communication to upper management
• Management of Group banking facilities, limits, and relationships
• Handling resolutions/ mandates related to banking matters
• Overseeing the structure of banking operations and assisting in the opening of bank accounts
• Managing and maintaining banking accounts, Group financial and banking guarantees, and other ancillary facilities
• Oversight of consolidation of divisional cash flow forecasting and cash utilization
• Reviewing consolidation and analysing bi-weekly divisional cash flow forecasts
• Updating and tracking daily forecasts
• Daily analysis of variances between cash forecast vs actual request
• Management of intercompany loans, preparation of loan limits, and assessment/ communication of limit breaches
• Oversight of day-to-day transactional banking activities
• Preparation of creditor and interest payments for internal/ external parties
• Facilitating both internal and external audit processes
• Oversight of the daily and month-end reporting processes, preparation of month-end reporting pack, and commentary
• Managing AFS preparation and disclosure requirements
• Quarterly forecasting: Preparing Treasury forecast external cash balances, calculating interest costs, and ensuring accuracy of loan/cash balances
• Preparation of debt covenants compliance certificates and other assessments

Group

• Quarterly consolidated Group forecasting and reporting
• Assistance with notes to the Group's Annual Financial Statements  

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Minimum Requirements    

• Sugar Cane Qualification
• Degree/Diploma preferably in Agronomy/Plant Production will be an advantage.
• A SASRI Senior Certificate in Sugarcane Production will be an advantage.
• Code B Drivers’ license.
• MS Office/PowerPoints (proficiency in word and excel)
• Minimum of five years’ experience in the sugar industry/Agriculture/Logistics or in a crop production environment
• Knowledge and understanding of crop age and estimates.
• Knowledge of cane quality.
• Knowledge of sugar manufacturing.
• Communication skills in a diverse grower community, being able to communicate in English, Afrikaans and Siswati will be an advantage.
• To be considered for appointment, candidate must be a South African citizen.

Duties & Responsibilities    

• Ensure accuracy of growers estimates by maintaining an accurate database.
• Manage cane delivery agreements.
• Implementation and maintenance of the GIS mapping and information system
• Assist with continued viability of small and medium scale growers.
• Supply of relevant information to the Mill and Growers
• Do problem analysis, formulate, and implementcorrective action:
• Create and/or update various reports on computer.
• Contribute to Cane Control Departments strategic plan,
• Perform standby duties and travel daily.
• Management of team (performance management, discipline, recruitment, training & development, leave, etc)
• Report and investigate accidents, incidents and implement preventative measures.
• Maintain high quality work standards, comply with safety standards and requirements, and ensure good housekeeping in area of responsibility.Standby duty dealing with issues on cane and logistics for 24 hours a day for a week, every second week or as arranged. During standby, these duties take precedence over other normal duties as they keep the mill supplied with cane.
   

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Minimum Requirements    

• Sugar Cane Qualification
• Degree/Diploma preferably in Agronomy/Plant Production will be an advantage.
• A SASRI Senior Certificate in Sugarcane Production will be an advantage.
• Code B Drivers’ license.
• MS Office/PowerPoints (proficiency in word and excel)
• Minimum of five years’ experience in the sugar industry/Agriculture/Logistics or in a crop production environment
• Knowledge and understanding of crop age and estimates.
• Knowledge of cane quality.
• Knowledge of sugar manufacturing.
• Communication skills in a diverse grower community, being able to communicate in English, Afrikaans and Siswati will be an advantage.
• To be considered for appointment, candidate must be a South African citizen.

Duties & Responsibilities    

• Ensure accuracy of growers estimates by maintaining an accurate database.
• Manage cane delivery agreements.
• Implementation and maintenance of the GIS mapping and information system
• Assist with continued viability of small and medium scale growers.
• Supply of relevant information to the Mill and Growers
• Do problem analysis, formulate, and implementcorrective action:
• Create and/or update various reports on computer.
• Contribute to Cane Control Departments strategic plan,
• Perform standby duties and travel daily.
• Management of team (performance management, discipline, recruitment, training & development, leave, etc)
• Report and investigate accidents, incidents and implement preventative measures.
• Maintain high quality work standards, comply with safety standards and requirements, and ensure good housekeeping in area of responsibility.Standby duty dealing with issues on cane and logistics for 24 hours a day for a week, every second week or as arranged. During standby, these duties take precedence over other normal duties as they keep the mill supplied with cane.

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The purpose of the role is to work in conjunction with the business to:

• Identify, design and specify application solutions that meet business requirements and achieve the business benefit.
• Facilitate the implementation of identified solutions utilizing recognized project management.
• Support and maintain existing application solutions in the Business to ensure optimal use of the solutions.

Minimum Requirements    

• Degree in Information Technology/B.Com/National Diploma in Information Technology.
• Minimum of 4 years’ experience within the relevant business function or information technology (SAP ECC 6 with HR Personnel Admin, Payroll and Time Management).
• SAP qualifications in HCM module.
• SAP certificate on ECC 608 for HCM modules with focus on Time Management.
• Demonstrated success in team leading and managing projects relating to superior performance and continuous improvement.
• Valid Code EB drivers' license.
• Exposure to the following system will be an advantage: HR Interfaces, BesTime Time and Attendance system, workflow systems, HR Manage (Learning and Performance Appraisals), Power BI, SAP BI, SharePoint, SAP products – Query Manager, Data Sync Manager, Variance Monitor, Siamese).
• Experience in the global organisation will be advantageous.

Knowledge, Skills and Attributes:

• Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage upwards and downwards.
• Creative thinker with vision, coupled with pragmatic can -do attitude.
• High attention to detail.
• Ability to meet deadlines and prioritise tasks.

Duties & Responsibilities    

• Provide SAP HCM solution that fully address Vector's current and immediate needs.
• Ensure SAP compliance with obligations (including legislation, regulatory, contractual, and agreed standard/policies).
• Creation and maintenance of a pipeline of changes and projects that align to the SAP HCM module with a focus of TM/PY/OM/PA and Vector's foreseeable plans.
• SAP HCM solution design (including change requests), ensuring that strategies, policies, standards and best practices are applied correctly and consistently.
• Intranet solution design (including change requests), ensuring that strategies, policies, standards and best practices are applied correctly and consistently.
• HR Manage solution design (including change requests), ensuring that strategies, policies, standards and best practices are applied correctly and consistently.
• HR Org Chart solution design (including change requests), ensuring that strategies, policies, standards and best practices are applied correctly and consistently.
• Workkflow solution design (including change requests), ensuring that strategies, policies, standards and best practices are applied correctly and consistently.

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Purpose

The successful incumbent will facilitate collaboration between the customer, distributor and internal stakeholders to determine the point of optimisation in pricing, promotion, shelving, and assortment to maximise profitability and shopper satisfaction by collecting and interpreting the latest industry trends, leveraging available data and utilising best in class technology from leading solution providers.

Minimum Requirements    

Qualification

• A Degree or Diploma in Marketing or Business Management (3 years)
• Valid Code EB Drivers licence

Skills and Experience

• Budget planning and cost management
• Analytical thinking
• Project management
• Marketing management principles and practices
• Market research methodologies
• Category management principles
• Consumer behaviour
• Competing products
• Business processes

Duties & Responsibilities    

Category Management

• Analyse shelf health (on-shelf availability, right forward share, best shelf position).
• Analyse pricing data (from relevant pricing tools).
• Monitor product availability, visibility and affordability and consolidate feedback into actionable plans for the customer team to implement.
• Use and leverage specific category insights.
• Execute brand standards (brand DNA) and support development and execution of channel-specific brand standards.
• Measure and review category performance; retail/wholesale margins and customer profitability.

Information Analysis, Management and Reporting

• Provide detailed reports illustrating trends, predictions, and relevant strategies, with a focus on NRM analytics.Analyse and interpret key data.
• Provide regular reports on category results including NRM results
• Assist in the production of reports, data, presentations and any other items deemed necessary to support the sales function.

New Product Launching

• Develop and deliver new product launch plans in the trade, with required analysis and feedback.
• Support new product introductions for listing into mix.

Customer Relationship Management

• Ensure that critical customer information is available to the customer team.
• Identify customer information requirements.
• Follow up and ensure that sales team initiatives (customer plans) are effectively implemented with the identified customers.
• Prepare, analyse and present category reviews to customers and interact with customers on assortment analysis, category performance and ranging.

Category Planning

• Support the annual joint business planning process through data analysis and opportunity identification.
• Run customer-specific category management projects.
• Integrate research insights into the category process for actionable on-ground deliverables.
• Develop proposals and recommendations for customers in executing category management projects, including NRM Initiatives
• Drive category management projects liaising with the front end & operations team to ensure smooth implementation including NRM practices.

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Purpose

The purpose of the role is to drive growth of RCL portfolio at outlet level via outbound calls to increase customer contact through outbound call contact matrix. Drive increased SKUs per outlet as per quarterly focus areas/customer listing/ranging. Drive compliance in national/regional account listings. Provide telephonic sales support to land operational focus areas in the various channels.

Minimum Requirements    

• Matric.
• Marketing and Sales Degree or Diploma (Preferable).
• 1 to 2 years direct selling experience (relevant food service experience preferred).
• Power BI is essential.
• Intermediate Excel.
• Experience in Sales Force/Fieldko Advantages.

Duties & Responsibilities    

Strategy Formulation:

• Territory Strategy Formulation and Implementation. Implement the appropriate selling strategies for new SKUs to achieve listings within your channel.
• Customer Relationship Management:
• Manage Outlet Relationships:
• Grow business telephonically by delivering the strike rate requirement that allows the addition of SKUs at an outlet level which will intern deliver on National Account, Channel and Regional Plans.
• Deliver the required channel contact matrix target weekly/monthly/quarterly.
• Build a reputation as the RCL Customer support Expert in Outlet operations, through knowledge of the product and processes. In addition, through insight add relevant new products that add value to the outlets profit.
• Provide Training support material/digital POS material/tools digitally to support customer needs National Outlet Executive, Digital Sales Support Specialist, Digital Sales Consultants, Field Sales Support Admin.
• Deliver on OTM customer detail maintenance from Super Platinum - Bronze.

Marketing Management:

New Product Development:

• Introduce and convert new product lines; through telephonic calls, supported by digital training videos/recipes/ POS/ promotional elements, etc.
• New SKUs will be listed at head office by the National Accounts Managers and then introduced at an outlet level by either the business development consultant/brand consultant or the Digital Support Agent
• New product introduction at an outlet may not only include innovation, but key lines from the current product portfolio that may not yet be ranged within the outlet.
• You are responsible for driving the increase in number of our RCL SKUs used in each outlet.
• Be the link to between outlet and the training team regarding training requirements.

Marketing and Promotion:

• This role will be highly involved in the activation of promotional activities at an outlet level within your channel. The key is to ensure you deliver against the briefs and are timeous.
• You may be required to assist with the allocation and management of POS and sample stock in an allocated region under the supervision of Area Sales Manager.
• Assist in Golf Days/Trade shows and product preparation.
• Market and Customer Insight Maintenance:
• Gain latest developments and trading realities at an outlet level by feeding back any new operator issues that affect the relevance of our RCL range of products within your outlets via the Fieldko Survey Audit.
• Pricing Guidelines Management:
• Track RCL brand portfolio and competitor prices across all customers/outlets.

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Job Description    

RCL FOODS is seeking a Credit Controller to join our Group Services Division. The role will be based in Bedfordview and will report to the Credit Supervisor. RCL FOODS is looking for a proactive and assertive individual who has a good understanding of credit management and takes responsibility for driving operation objectives and individual performance against defined metrics. RCL FOODS entrusts the incumbent to facilitate the achievement of customer collection targets, essential to the profitability of the Company, are met and to manage overdue accounts, reduce the Company’s risk and minimize losses.

Minimum Requirements    

• At least 3-5 years of experience in a credit and logistics environment.
• FMCG and export experience is essential
• Relevant Finance Diploma or Degree.
• Must have a good understanding and knowledge of Credit management and analysis, Compliance requirements, and Credit business processes and practices.
• Sap experience required 1-2 years
• Worked on retail accounts Shoprite  (Preferable)

Duties & Responsibilities    

Credit Control:

• Generate and dispatch invoices or Pod’s on time to enable payment.
• Receive remittance advices from customers and allocate appropriately.
• Process all discounts and rebates for the Credit Supervisor to release before close of month-end.
• Clear all allocated cash in the General Ledger.
• Allocate all credits weekly that has been processed to the account.
• Ensure statements that are sent automatically via Capilink is received by the customer.
• Preparation and checking of all rebate deductions from customer payments and the transferring of the deduction to a rebate account that is within the agreed Trade Agreement and specifications.
• Accurate cash forecasting as and when required within deadline times

Customer Administration:

• Maintain compliance to credit limits for each customer and highlight possible non-conformance to the responsible supervisor before they exceed defined limits.
• Liaise with customers to inform them of the balances once statements have been distributed, to ensure interim payment is made or to assist with application/documents for increases in credit limits where indicated, by the credit analysis report.
• Report on all transactions on 60 days plus to the Credit Supervisor.
• Process ‘stop supply’ instructions on Syspro where customer non-payment payment has occurred, ensuring that all the necessary instructions and authorisations have been received.
• Where possible, liaise with customers to rectify account problems before “stop supply” instructions are implemented.
• Advise customers when the account has been blocked and ensure that all necessary internal departments are aware of the status of the customer/account.
• Continuous releasing and checking of orders as per requirement and timelines 

Claim Processing:

• Load pricing claims on live schedule for investigation timeously.
• Manage stock claims (returns, damaged stock, shortage etc) by forwarding claims not credited to relevant depot.
• Assess if credit has been passed on queries and, if it not, submit supporting documents electronically to relevant depot.
• Manage invalid claims by providing the necessary proof or backup documents to the customer.

Teamwork and Self-Management:

• Take ownership and accountability for tasks and activities and demonstrate effective self-management in terms of planning and prioritising, and self-development.
• Follow through to ensure that quality and productivity standards of work are consistently and accurately maintained.
• Inform relevant parties in the event of tasks or deadlines not met, the potential risks thereof and provide appropriate resolution.
• Support and drive the business core values.
• Manage colleagues and client’s expectations and communicate appropriately.
• Demonstrate willingness to help others and “go the extra mile” to meet team targets and objectives. Champion training and development of self and others through utilising available training opportunities. Participate in and drive regular performance appraisals and ensure that own targets and goals are clear and achievable.